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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1910)
Mmimmct VOL. XXXI LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTY, OKKdON, "A 17, 1910. NO. 11 lake U ? WEST AT HEAD The Number of Farms in Western States Has Doubled inTen Years and Will Increase The abewlng that tha llus or farm dtvlopuient bu recently bau re duced to figures, which, although published before the 1-Vieral Cmiiso ol UUP will come iuto pi l I piuhably will prove to le quite accurate TboN figures show l.ial 1.000.000 new farm have beeu created lu the United "itatas lu the pant Ihu years, aud tuat while tbe increase lu the Western Hiatee baa bawtt about 100 per went, tan balance of tba country average lea tLaa 12 per oent. In tba Nortb Atlantic .Stataa tba incaease figures G per ceut; Koutli Atlantic .Slates, tf per ceut ; tNorlb CetitrU Hlalea, :6 per ceut; Koutb C'eutrat Hiatus. 1 p r cent, aud Western BUtea 1UU per cent. The unprecedented Increase In tba value ot these lands aod tbe I ve atuca contaiued upon tbrin is even more interesting Ibla iucrese of valutloo averages 41 pel oau, fbe Western SUtna, everaglug UH per ceut in crease top or the Hat, aud tbe Nortb Atlantic Slates, with 13 per ceut luortmne, Htauda at tba bottom of the I lot "At tlrnt sight, these figures are HiirprlHiiiK, eatd H well punted real slate iiiHtt, when thowu tlib atatlt tics, "lint when you coiuider the iiilllloiiH ot dollara that have l.eeu lut into the irrigation and tbe develop ment of these Western lauds, vuu look at It lu a little falriT light. 1 la piobably trim thut our Western Ian. la have doubled in value lu tb pust ten )enrs. Hud It is likely, an a total, that they will agalu (Inutile by l'.'lC). but il has been money, endless work, lindens energy, expcricuoe lu development and sc.lunllllo fanning tlmt baa inui'n tbe Incrtnae possible. There urn thousands ot rauches I" i ireuoo lliMt ate worth no more today nor even m much as they were worth tu years ago, but there are t '.loiihsuds of liltlu tai ma that are worth u.ore, Home ot thuiu live or six times an much an thev were worth lu IH'.l'J. It lathe small tunnel, v l.o has pur chased his ten i r twenty acres Iroiu Minna bill l.inil owtici. who nu'i nude thece htatlHtli'H pnsflhlu. "liut t'-e uhiiiu report Unit Iiiih boeu 1 1 u t I above, you will llnd that trie value ot our S estern fai in products increased '.'11 pel cent In the ImbI ten year which clearly prov my con tention thut It la the small farm that Iihb gone up in ruluo and mt the Kreut truot. couipriMlun bumlroda of HcreB, where uo Kreater crop are rallied today thau were ralnuJ t-u yuaia ao. Ciops are what miiku farm luuila valualile, and the muu who umkea cropa urow a the uiau who ouKht to and Ooea makH the money out of increased valuatloua. A Held or a tboiisiiud HcrtiH, produuluK H1. IXHJ biiahtda or w hHt nt a .coht of .'10 ceuta a biiahel, U worth practically the BiinioHiid uo more per acre aa louu n it prodnoKB a crop of that aize. Hut iiTltfiilu that Held, populate It with unerHetic, pi-HCtlcal truck fiirinerH, with live Hcrea tach, and you have u faliiablo property that ban iu creiitied lu aluu a Krcut many IUiihh over. It waa the uuiu w ho developed it, who pul buudredH of thouiiiiil in of dullura into irriuallou ditulies, who knew how to nub divi !u aud null lu a retiiil wh)', who iimde it vuluable; mid aa Ioiik an thi ie In plenty of other iivailbliU laud, the owner of any ad joining wheat Held, without irrin lion Ih tun little better olf unlen.i he liiuiHeli hua the money and ex perience to do w hat the dtveloi motit Miopia have done, "There tiro million of acres of Itnnd avuilablc lamia lu the Went, aud thia tact i becoming evident to Home of the hiuk'eat opcratora in Kuropa nnu Aiiieiicii. with tbe result thut uurmoiiHly rich companies are beiuu formed to exploit Ihia territory iml turn the lurye HreaH into hmhiII turiiiH. AlmoHt-, every day we reoeive letters of Impjiry frcui aome operatora aud be fore the Htiiuuior ia over, wo expect to put through aouie bK deala lu laud." Worked Woman In (lUciiwHintf tbe blub cat of liviug a Portlaud woman write: My huBbnnd eti 9'2 a week. We have five oblldieu, theoldeatl); a five room I dime Hiid h lot for which we paid f-lWX); u plauo; a cow and chickena. nil paid for and MfiGO lu the bank. Three of the children take uiiimio loHHoua. We live well aud have nil the delluuoiea of tba aeaaou. That wouiau la an euuy nark. Her biiHbund never could do wuch a stunt ou V 12 a week, lie ia either a porcb climber, or a tlu-bornl Student's Expelled Four atudeuta were axpelled""labt week from tbe State Agricultural ool kKe at Corvallia for boozlutf. That waa right I Voung man who mart out lu life with tbe ailly Idea that booze flgbtlog ta the proper caper bave uo buaineaa Id achool, and tbe aooner booze makes au end of them tbe bet tar for tbeuiaelvea aud tbe world, OF COUNTRY IN FARM INCREASE SENATOR OWEN HITS HIKED PRESS HARD Assails Boss Rule and the Venal Protection of the Interests ANNAI'DLIS (Mdi. Match i! Snenkliitf hnfore the ('oinniitlen on ( 'oiihI H ut louiil Ameiidiiiiiut of I tie Maryland iou of I eleuten, which Iihi under ci)'ililei t Inn au amend ment I'Mit luliirf tor the liiilUtlve and rclrren linn, Oiteu of Okluhoiua terilnay aiHallnd bona rulu and proteo tloii ot corporal Ioiih Newanaiiera and preiia aiRoclatlona were attacked ut mibaert lent to tbe "latrreaU" by benator Owen. He retMrred to tin plan at the best f oiudbla nafe uuard of human liberty aiialfiit (omniHifiialla:u. "Oreuo'i mtanlldhed It," be aaid, "that aalllab Intereata aud diahnnait men mltflit no longer control tba Statu It ueana only that Tbe Peo ple art aovraltfn and tbat they may frame their own tatutea." lie said that power must be taken from tuaohloe politicians or tbere would be a revolution in America similar to tbat lu fraare. He aald tbat newspaper would not publish tbe tau commandments unless It were to the adrautaite of the "Interests " Heaator Chainberlsln aald that un der tbe convention system "tbe dele gates sent to the oonventloi a are not tbe choice or tbe People but of the bosses. " "With tbe Initiative and referendeum,". be said ''tbe time will actually oome wbeo tbe peoole ot the oourlty will bave a voice aveu in t he seUi i ion of a President of tbe United Hiatus." "1 am of the opinion that candi dates who take Statement No. 1 will be elected to tbe Ltttnlature, for it Is a priuch'le lu blch tbe peool are lutereate l more tba i the assembly ad vocated can believe " MAKES PURCHASE OF SPLENDID LAND One of the Old Timers Pays $137.50 per Acre for 40 Acres (). O. MiHiier on Tuesday sold to Hurley Vernon, better known as "Doc" two 20 acre trctH, or StielliiiK Hub-dit Ihioii of the Mctiiath ranch at the rule ot tl.T7.uO per acre Aud this to a man w'io IIvph on the pluce and Las kuowu it for 20 years, lie knows what he can do with the orchard aud Kardeu. Thia eutire tract ia suitable for both. it is the hiiibeHt price yet pnid for laud iu this section, aud tbe fact that old-timers are williuK to pay suob prices apeak volumes for its worth fur orchard production. There are 200 huariuK apple trees on the place and the income from ibem aloue under ood conditions will prob ably nay for the (dace each year. Tbe Kxaminer understands tbat oth ers or our local people are uetfotiat Intf for hoiiih of tlioHe most desirable tracts, aud it is likely they will not lontf be on the market be'ore all are sold The wign man will uot delay ,u bIz luK aiich a Hpleodid opportunity to wet pond orchard land at prices away below ruling pi ices eUew here. State Lands $7.50 an Acre Keepiuu pace witb advancement In real estate iu thia flute the laud board baa mixed the price of all claus es of state lurid, except Indemnity laud from .") au acre to not less than tT 50 an acre. U. tl. llrowu, clerk or the luud board, gives as one of tbe reasons for this advance In state land values, thut other luuds throughout the stute are rapidly advancing in price aud the population Increasing rapidly, therefore the board holds tbat the state ehoulJ receive more for its lands, beuce the increase aunuuueed. The board also made loans wbiob were approved by (iovernor liouaou The loana were from the school funds aud totaled f31,20 . New Packlngr Plant Portland's big uew packing plant, just completed by the Hwitt lutere-ta, began killing live stock yesterday. From now on, It will eulargelts oper ations until all tbe depaitmeuts aud allied indiiHtries are under way. It is expected to be two or three mouths before tho big 12,000.000 plant it In full operation. The oompletiou of this great paokiug bouse is a big boost for the producers of livestock U' t only iu this state but throughout tbe Northwest. The killing depart ment ia prepared to baudle about 000 cuttle a day as a starter aud baa a capacity of 1000 boga and sheep. Tbe Interest shown in live stock produo tlon throughout the big territory tributary to this market will largely determlue the magnitude of opera tions bv the new plant. Hogs reached 111.10 during the psHt week. CONDITIONAL Will you be true to me when 1 am gone? Her -Yes, but don't be gone long, will you, dsart-Clevtlaud Leader. A . GOODLY LAND OF OPPORTUNITY IS LAKE COUNTY Wealth-Producing Things Ready for the Taking For Thousands A few facta about aakn county. ' It's almost hh liirge as the com- j blued states of Connecticut, ielewarej and Klin in Islhirl. I Con tut us ovei tivij nihioii acres of, diverlHlli-d iHndii; m,n thir l ot which Is timber, two thir la grazing aud ag- l loultural lauds. Over two million acres of this area U In tbe p'iblic iluinalu. Over one million acres aie opn to entry uoder tbe various agricultural laud acts. Has the best lead at the lowest piiee of any oouoty in Oregon, Tbe best s-t In tbe Union. Uaa UU.OoUabeep 40,000 cattle, 25, 000 horses, but only SiO bogs. Thia la one of tbe best bug produo log counties In tbe country aa we have th climate, cao grow tbe feed, aod have do desease to take away tbe profits of tbe farmer. Tbere are over one and a quarter million acres to tbe Fremont National forest whicb are kept tor tbe beuefJt of tbe people of this aod succeeding generations. There are thousands of acrss of land that are In new irrigation pro jeott now under way. it's tbe beat county for trull lo a state tbat baa tbe name rf growing tbe beet quality ot fruit in America. Ilea more openings for tbe man witb little or much capital than auy place lu tbe Western country. It offers hoinei to men aod women who will come and be cllUDS aud work to develop tbe country aa a whole. It has enough "Knockers" and those tbat are predisposed to grumble and tell what tbey cau do elsewhere when we need men aud women to develop tbe country need not aprly. We want to get rid of the crop of that class or cattle aod don't used anv recruits to their ranks for they will soou be gone where tie "kn ckers" will nut have to cut Ore wood. Have enough gra n lauds awaiting the tiller ot tbe soil to iucreasn tbe crop ot gialti of tbe state ot Oregon to double what it Is uuw prodnclog. We bave homes tor one million people inntead of the four thousand that we now claim aud cao count. Will soon have two or three rail roads into the couuty. Three are now buildiug this way. Will soon double, tbeu treble then quadruple our pop ulation and th elforta of the meu and woinu who come will Ret ua the nun tier that can use every acre cf the county that is tillable. We have tne best schools iu tbe 'educated sttte of Oregoa. which has the smallest per cent of illitrucy of auy state lu the union. We have BBinail pei ceut of foreign ers aud the most cf whet we have are tbe salt ot the earl b. A county where meu with red blood In their veins will Hod that tbey can create for themselves a borne where tbey will soon be Independent. A land where tbe voice of Oppor tunity is never stilled, and where each waking hour opens to view new er thoughts aud possibilities that are the germs of wealth and happiness to oo I nt out the miiestouea aloug the path tbat leads to Prosperity. A land of homes for the homeless, crops for tbe cropless, mouey tor tbe moneyless ami health for everyone that breathes the ozone that Cod has created at uu altitude cf 4700 feet ahoie tbe level of the en shore A land that is paradoxical iu in any way t,l e.'auee cannot get men to cut the timber to supi ly the needs of the towns aud farms for lu inter: that wc have to import uraiu fur our flour mills when we can grow what we need within a few miles of tbe mill; where pork is im ported where we cuu pro- INTEREST THREATEN PANIC IF JURBED Will Such Sedition be Allowed to Go Unpunished? It is curreutly reported tbat if the Supreme Court f'eciaiou is adverse to tbe Standard Oil aud tbe Tobacco trust, compelling their dissolution, tbat then tbe greatest puuio ever experienced lu thia oouutry will be forced by tha interests. Very well I If such is tbe outcome of a. right eous attempt to put a stop to tbeir lawlesBuess let tbe government step in aud begin criminal aotion against tbeui uuder the law that would put stop to such seditious t Or, havetbiuus rjaohed such a stage that the creature ia greater than tbe creator, ana anv attempt to curb the monsters will result in subverting the government itself f. if so. It is well for the Amerioao people to know it so tbat tbey can undo tbe work of the past tbat has about made them all slaves to a privi leged few I CENSUS TAKLit WILL ASK 32 QUESTIONS Uncle Sam lias Provided a Penalty for Those Who Refuse to be Quizzed There are severe penalities for not answering quei-t loos which the cennuR muu will ask, but eniuncrntors tie diplomacy Hnd tact and few people will refuse to supp'y such information as the 5o-rnniTit want The popu lation schelule ha liemi apoDved, aid in Its final form is 10 by 23 Inches, printed front and back, witb IO liin-s on fach side, one for each fierson enumerated. The (loverntnent printing oflice will turn out 1.80J.00,, copies, so that each of tbe 33-' super visors wbn will marshal an army of 07.000 enumerators will have un ample supply. Uhese blanks wll; be quite an ex peoe, although a single sheet dos not look costly. Only Hist quality wblte witlng paper will be used, welshing CI pounds to tbe ream, and tbe total weight of paper used will be 234 4 pobonds Tbese schedules will be printed at tbe rate of 9000 an hour and It will require days for tbe press to print 1,800.000 copies, running for 1C boors a day Tbe paper Is heavy and will stand coosldersbl" handliog. for It will be exposed to all sorts of weather aod must be bandied and rebandled until 100 names are aet down, witb tbe life history of 100 in dividuals. Oh of these schedules will taken tbe statistics by means of cards, and the Government baa pur chased 1 2-2, 0000. maoila cards. Tblrty-two questions are to be asked by tbe census man. aud tbese interrogstios are clasei6ed into 13 groups Tbe first Is "location" aod under it tbe enumerator writes tbe street, road or aveuue, tbe bouse number, aud number of tbe dwelling bouse and tbe number of the family In tbe order of tbe enumerator's dis trict. Under tbe subject "name," tbe name ot each person living in tb bouse April 15, UH0, will be taken. ' Tne surname comes first aod then tbe middle luitial. Tbe only individ uals omitted will be babes born after A pill 15. The third group calls for tbe "relationship" which each person enumerated bears to tbe head of the family in wbiob he resides. The "iiersonal descnptiou" asks for sex, color or race whether, white, blacn, I Chiuesf. ludiau, Japauese or mulat- to Tbe'age at tbe last birthday is wauted. aud other qustions to be answered or whether married or eiogle widowed or di-orced, tbe number of years marrie.1 and ou ter tbe question of '-mother of how many children," must be auswwred the number or chil ireu each woman baa bal aud the ujuiber still nlive. The mouth of March has started off with a boom at the Lakeriew Govern ment Laud otUce aud a total of 90 en tries bave beeu made in Ibis district duriug tbe first two weeks totaliug 21.307 acres. Theie were tbilry 100 acre, forty oue 320 acre, one 80 acre, seven 40 acre claims with 11 claims tbat totaled 3027 acres one of which I was tor 1700 acre, that was scrippe i ! lu oue body at a cost of 113 per acre, i A'hen men scrip laud at tbit or'ce it would seem as thougb every oue that has uot used a homestead right would soou be ou oue of the 100 acre or 320 acre claims before tbey are all gne. duce just as good pork in this oouaty as can be grown auywbere aud at less cost if ouly sotre mau will come aud do it. ! ( A country t! a . has never beeu a Iver ! tised because uo oue wanted auy more people but w bich is growing iu rpite ot i this neglect; wuere tbe tlueat fiuit lu the world is growu aud yet it is almost impossible to geteuougbto supply the local market ; where we grow the tiuest potatoes that are raised uuyw here with the p"sible exceptiou ot the lalaudi in the Lleuuuda group, yet fur two mouths oue of our citizeus could uot buy a siut'li spua In the stores. Where in oue valley of tbe country water ia found eight feet below tbe surface and some people claim that it wont grow anytiiing. A oouutry tbat has tbe best roads to be found anywhere aud very littln mouey epeut ou tbem. A place where eygs art so scarce that if a man saw oue be would tbiuk tbat he bad discovered some uew form of mineral quartz and would take it to an asaayer to see wbat 't wa., yet wo cau raise eggs as cheaply as auy wbere, if so'tie one would just stick a pin In themselves, wake up and go at ttm iudustry and chase a few hens arouod a while. Where we bave no cyclones, no blizzards, no malaria aud little dis ease. Where we have all tho doctors that cau earn a livlug uuless tbey gu to funning. Where we import a portionof the' butter tbat we consume when we have forty tbouaaud bead ofcattle on tbe range. Where tbe dairyman is In a class with Jawu L. , J. Pierp and other bloated boadboldera and is so inde pendent that be alsnint makes you go to bis rauob for a quart of tbe lacteal fluid. It's the laud of oportunity; tbe oc casion is uow for tbe man with the red blood who Is willing to take time by tbe forelook aud give a yank tbat will plaoe bar at his mercy. Lake county, Oregon's favored spot for the bomeseeksr has a welooue for you, Mr. lied Blood. Coma oow while you havo au opening. Let tha other fellow do tbe wsltlotg. NOTABLE PROGRESS LAST YEAR IN THE WOOL BUSINESS A New York Financial Paper Says 1909 Busi ness Was Good The Commercial and Financial World of New York says reports from the Western States indicate that flocks In the Southern Hocky Mount ain State, bave sustaioed light losses during the Winter but tbat farther nortb, and in Wyoming, heavy losses bave occured. Tbs mountain and coast States contain fully balf of tbe flocks on wbicb tbe wool Industries of the Kant depend for their domes tio supplies. Shearing in these locali ties will reoresent folly 20,000,000 beeu from each of wbiob the yield of fleece tanges from 7 to 8 pounds. Tbis year's clip will probably amount to 150,000.000 poonds. Much of tbis wool has already Dee a contracted for by buyers representing wool manu facturers In tbe East. Jt also says that the past year was one of notable progress ia tbe wool business. Tbe net sales were t80, 000,000 aa compared with 829,986,978 in 1908, aod tbe surplus was $3,167, lfi2. aw compared witb a deficit in 1908 of f 1.170.000. The total assets are dow t85.97D,961, and the Una surplus 10.514,308. A good volume of business ia ex pected tbe preseot year. DEADLY HOUSE-FLY TO BE HERE SOON Efforts Should be Made to Stamp Out this Bad Pest Ply time is here again and tbe way we handle tbe pestiferous winged creature before be gets numerous will make quite a diifereace in toe latter part of tbe year. It has been estimated by some mathematician who has studied Myol ogy that the natural increase of a single femile fly in one year is num bered by placiug an 8 then adding some eighteen huchts and be says tbat we are then within a tew tbona- aud of tha mark set by tbe industri ous fly. If this is approximately so,' it wool i seem tbat au ouuee or preven tion is worth a pound of cure, and the more we kill ut tbe beginning of tbe reign tbe fewer we will bave to bother us' at tbe closs of tbe season. Garbage piles, maoure heaps and waate of all kinds are tbe breeding places of tbis pest, aud should be at tended to at once to avoid trouble later on. Tbe fly is alaj :.c worst method ot conveying d..iir. (vcording to men of scieu.'e iwi isiic!' germs as typhoid. consumr'.i'.:u. etc, are oarritd from place to t aod often to tbe very food we consume. Tue preventive measures tbat are taken to avoid an noyauce will also help to prevent tbe disease. Proper sewerage aud care of the premises and every sanitary pre caution taken will eliminate much disease, to say nothing of tbe aonoj auce or having flies in every article of fool that we consume. The fly is the deadliest enemy of mankiod acd should be eliminated st tbe speediest possible moment. Don't forget that a few screens are of gieat Hetiattiuce iu keepiug them from the bouse aud should te In stnlled at once. Dowu witb the fly aud at once. Same Stunt Here The Csdarville Record does not speak U'ladviaedly wbeu it says: Say, young man and older ones, too, do you kuow that tbere are thous ands of people iu the Ksst. that would bi tickled plumb to death to get bold of a piece of tbe same kind of laud that you uow claim as being worth less. And what's more, if you don't get a bustle ou and get laud in Uve years from the time that those tend erfoot Easterners get onto the laud they'll he riding around in automo biles and you'll be bustling for $20 or $"0 per month job from 'em. Mark our predictiou aud tbe result. Now don't eet sarcastic- get land. Fitted for Hotel The uew Suider Opera House block is beiuv Hul-ihed up as a hotel, witb 30 rooms, up stairs aud two store rooms. '24X81 feet, on the first floor, which wiii be suitable for a cafe, aud auy other Hue of business Tbe low er floor has full glass fronts. Tbe looms can be Hulshed to meet tbe re quirements of tbe tenant. A wide porob will be oomtruoted in front of the new building and extended so as to inolude tbe frout of tbe opera bouse. Tbe buiMing has uot beeu rented yet. It will afford an excel lent oportuultv for some one to en gage in business. SOMETHING WRONG "Iluby, ia my bat on right?" "I hardly think so. 1 can still sea one of your a y a a " Kanass City Journal. ILAKE COUNTY MAY OBTAIN EXCEL LENT LUMBER ENTERPRISE Our Business-Like Meth ods and Low Taxes Attracts Attention of Capital It pays to have business men at tbe bead of affairs in puMlc life, as well as in commercial lioes. The simlss- ion of Senator Aldricb damaglog as it is to tbe republican party, tbat if tho government was run on busioeea hoes, a saviog ooold te made of I3o0, OOo.OOO a year, ia a ease ia point. This matter beoomer very pertinent just at present regarding Lake county- Tbe fact tbat this ouiaty is out of debt, owns a Hoe oouoty boildiog. all paid for. and witb soma thousands of dollars to its credit in tbe bank, aod with tba lowest tax rata yet re corded ia tbe 8tate, only seven- tentbs of one mill, is having a salu tary affect for the future of tbe coun j in a manner heretofore wholly un expected. it has been known for some time that tbe Weyerbaoser syndicate hold ing extnslve forest areas in Klamath, Lake and Crook oountiea has planned to erect one of tbe biggest saw-mill plaots in tbe world in one of tbese counties. Tbe supposition hss ben general heretofore tbat this immense piant, wbicb will employ thousands of men, was to be located on Upper Klamath lake in Klamath county. J It now comes to Tbe Examiner, from wbat we deem a reliable, not to say authoritative source, tbat tbe Syndicate ia seriously thinking of lo cating tbe plant in Lake county, simply on tbe score tbat our county business affairs -re conducted on business like principles, and with a view to tbe pratctise of tbe strict est economy, so that our taxes' are so low as to be tbe marvel of tbe entire state, to say nothing of being a source of interest to those looking for new homes iu the West. Obviously in this cate we have ample ond sure evidence that it pays to be honest, aod to stamp nut all graft, in more way then one; aud if Lake county does get this great undertaking it will mean millions in money, and thousands of people: all of whicb will come from having hon est aud rapable men at tbe bead ot tbis county ! ' Tbis is indeed, a big piece of news! VERDICT IS TO GET THE COIN Congressman Finds 92, 000,000 Germs Living on One-Dollar Bill WASHINGTON". March 12.-Germs 92,000,000 or them of manifold variety were fouod ou a oue-dollar bill microsuooically examined at tbe request of Representative Wiley of New Jersey, accordiug to bis state ment today before tbe house contnit tee on baukiug aud cuireucy, in sup port of his bill to provide clean cur eucy by buroiug all psper money re turned tl the treasury Among the many deseases found' to be circulating about thia money were small pox, scarlet fever, typhoid, dvptberia aod tuberculosis. No germs were round ou metal mon ey. Farmers Organize The farme.'s of Davis Creek, Calif, nave ebowu themselves to be wide awake by organizing themselves into, a Farmers Chamber or Commerce, for tbeir common interest aud aiding the prosperity of tbe community. Mr. Cbas. Wiiklns bas been placed In the President's chair aud Mr. Tbos. Br ilea, the welt kuown fruit roan, is secretary. Tbe geutlemen will be glaJ to anwser any aud all queries relative tov tbat country. Oregon Banks Total deposits in Oregon banks, both uatioual and state, at tbe close of business .luauuryai, totaled $il, 311.1.18, au increase of tl 205,388 alnoe last November. Loans aod discounts in the same period luoreased f 1,441, 219. On tbe last day of Jauuary tbere was due Oregon bauka from approved reserve agents outside of tbe state, total of $10,239,853 These figures are gievn lo a statement juvt Issued by State bank Kxaminer UteeL J. P. Morgan, baa bought out the E M F Go. for W, 0(0, 000 and it la re ported a im 000, 000, 000 automobile trust is to be at oace organised.